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Politics
Darien Registrar Reminds Residents To Register To Vote Darien Registrar Reminds Residents To Register To Vote
Darien Registrar Reminds Residents To Register To Vote DARIEN, Conn. -- In preparation for the Nov. 3 election, the Darien Registrars of Voters will prepare a preliminary registration list Tuesday.  If you want to register to vote or update your voter registration there are now three ways to do it:  Google the Connecticut secretary of state and go to voter Information — you can do everything online. Call the registrar's office at 203-656 7316. Visit the office at Town Hall. There are multiple candidates for first selectman and selectmen. 

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Events
Norwalk's Wall Street Theater Throws Free Street Festival Norwalk's Wall Street Theater Throws Free Street Festival
Norwalk's Wall Street Theater Throws Free Street Festival NORWALK, Conn. – There will be a free street festival Sunday on Wall Street in Norwalk to promote awareness and generate excitement for the grand reopening of the historic Wall Street Theater. After a long hiatus, the structure is set to reopen in the spring as a nonprofit, multimedia performance space.  The street festival honoring the theater will take place from noon to 6 p.m. and will feature food and entertainment for the whole family.  Attendees can jam to live musical performances by national acts with local roots. Singer-songwriter and Norwalk native P.J. Pacifico will start things …

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Events
CrimeCONN Mystery Conference Gathering In Westport CrimeCONN Mystery Conference Gathering In Westport
CrimeConn Mystery Conference Gathering In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. -- The second annual CrimeCONN Mystery Conference, co-sponsored by the Westport Library and Mystery Writers of America New York Chapter, will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the library’s McManus Room.  The conference is a daylong gathering for Connecticut mystery book fans and writers featuring entertaining and informative panels with authors, forensic experts and publishing professionals.  Books by attending authors will be available for sale and signing. A fee of $25 includes admission to all panels, a light breakfast, coffee and tea in addition to lunch. Register o…

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News
Fairfield Plans Tax Revaluation Presentation Fairfield Plans Tax Revaluation Presentation
Fairfield Plans Tax Revaluation Presentation FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The town of Fairfield, in conjunction with the current townwide property revaluation, will have an informational presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield Warde High School’s auditorium, 755 Melville Ave., said First Selectman Michael Tetreau.The meeting will focus on the market analysis and valuation phases of the revaluation and a general discussion of value trends observed since the 2010 revaluation.  Individual property values will not be discussed at these meetings. New property values will be announced in November. Any property owner wishing to discuss current va…

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Sports
Lakeland High Inducts Two Coaches, Two Teams Into Hall Of Fame Lakeland High Inducts Two Coaches, Two Teams Into Hall Of Fame
Lakeland High Inducts Two Coaches, Two Teams Into Hall Of Fame SHRUB OAK, N.Y. -- Lakeland High School inducted two retired coaches and two sports teams into the 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame at halftime Friday as part of the school's homecoming football game vs. Byram Hills.  Inductees were:  Dennis Robinson, who spent 30-plus years as a physical education teacher and 20-plus years as athletic coordinator at Lakeland High. He led Lakeland to three Section 1 baseball titles as head coach, 1993, 2002 and 2010.  Mike Robinson, who spent 30-plus years as s physical education teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and 30-plus years as assistant baseb…

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Schools
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Student Grade Changes Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Student Grade Changes
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Student Grade Changes A study by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office found that five school districts were lax about keeping track of changes to students' grades, according to a report in State of Politics. The study also found a sixth district had kept no history of altered grades at all, State of Politics reported.  The five districts that had little oversight were Arlington, Elmira, Fairport, Freeport and Saratoga Springs; the district that didn't keep track at all was Williamsville, according to State of Politics.  To read the full report, click here. 

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Lifestyle
Walk In New Rochelle Aims To Raise Funds To Fight Food Allergies Walk In New Rochelle Aims To Raise Funds To Fight Food Allergies
Walk In New Rochelle Aims To Raise Funds To Fight Food Allergies NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Food Allergy Research & Education is sponsoring the FARE Walk for Food Allergy in New Rochelle on Saturday, Oct. 10.The FARE Walk, which will be held at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, has raised about $1.2 million to support life-changing research and food allergy education and advocacy programs since 2010. The event aims to raise funds to support the 15 million Americans living with food allergies and to raise awareness of food allergy, a life-altering and potentially life-threatening disease.  Many FARE Walk for Food Allergy events this year, including the walk …

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Neighbors
New Rochelle Students Celebrate International Day of Peace New Rochelle Students Celebrate International Day of Peace
New Rochelle Students Celebrate International Day of Peace NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- In recognition of the International Day of Peace (sometimes called World Peace Day), elementary students at Columbus and Daniel Webster elementary school in New Rochelle made Pinwheels for Peace. The day was first celebrated in 1982 and was officially dedicated to fostering peace education by the secretary-general of the United Nations in 2013.

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Schools
Katonah-Lewisboro SEPTA Starts Rising Stars Program Katonah-Lewisboro SEPTA Starts Rising Stars Program
Katonah-Lewisboro SEPTA Starts Rising Stars Program LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- The Katonah-Lewisboro Special Education PTA launched Rising Stars Summer Fun, a summer enrichment program that offers a camplike experience to children, over the summer. The parents and SEPTA saw an urgent need for a specialized summer program that could support the needs of special education students in the community. With the support of the district, SEPTA introduced Rising Stars Summer Fun, a six-week summer program for children with special needs who find the typical day camp setting a challenge. It was held three times a week over the summer after the campers’ Extended…

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Schools
Manhattanville Poetry Reading Features Reginald Dwayne Betts Manhattanville Poetry Reading Features Reginald Dwayne Betts
Manhattanville Poetry Reading Features Reginald Dwayne Betts PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Poet and essayist Reginald Dwayne Betts will read from his latest book of poems, "Bastards of the Reagan Era," Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Manhattanville College. Betts will read beginning at 7 p.m. in the East Library at Reid Castle on the Manhattanville campus in Purchase as part of the college’s MFA in creative writing program’s fall series of readings and lectures.  Publishers Weekly praised Betts' latest book as a collection of “devastatingly beautiful” elegies “that calls out to young black men lost in the pitfalls of urban America.”  Harvard professor Henry Lou…

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